Petya ought to have known that he was in a forest with Denisov's guerrilla band, less than a mile from the road, sitting on a wagon captured from the French beside which horses were tethered, that under it Likhachev was sitting sharpening a saber for him, that the big dark blotch to the right was the watchman's hut, and the red blotch below... Read More

Okay, so I mentioned that Id be doing a best of the year movie blog and here, in March, it is! Now I watch a lot of movies, and in any other context besides here Id be reluctant to lay out the full range of my palate. It also happens that my life-partner, being many years younger than me (which isnt hard to to) didnt... Read More

I have to get rid of that Xmas thing. am planning to do a movie blog soon. am presently swallowed up in the details and detritus of moving my mom for the third time this year (she thinks she's going to Alaska, which isn't half wrong!)

well, I came and went; so this might turn out to be a proper blog for once.
The aforementioned Fleur & co. did get to go to Colorado. In the end we ended up with Fleur, Violet (a big fan of IHOP); and about 10 other companions, including the ever-necessary dragon-rabbit car assistants. The Rabbit (Fresno) is for keeping track of things like filling the (rental) car gas tank before returning to the airport and other regulatory concerns; the Dragon (Smoke) is for blowing folk off the... Read More

its dark out, not now, but then; we get up before the sun, before the heat, and even before the sound of the day. the poorest of the poor are still sleeping on dungheaps (whose composting process creates warmth for the night). we walk down the clay-dirt street almost by habit now, even though weve only been here a few weeks. the first... Read More

so what started out as a modest birthday celebration involving about 20 people is now blossoming, bloating into a party with a guestimated 100 people showing up. including neighbors and folk I havent heard from in a decade (since the last big birthday party, in fact). Today was crazy we decided we needed a tent for Saturday so I got one and a very friendly... Read More

I completely agree. If I were to get married it would be a pretty non conventional wedding. I'm happy for my friends and plenty of other people I know who are in great marriages, but I'm not ready for that big of commitment in my life. You always seem to understand me.

wow, this death thing is sorta staying around. could have to do with the fact that my mom has lung cancer, and that I spent 3 hours last night working with a man who will soon have his throat removed due to cancer--and when his wife heard the news her words were "thank god! now you'll finally die and I can get out of... Read More

That's good advice, most people think they can get away with hydrating the day of. Fortunately, I'm great about hydrating, and drink a ton of water every day. A few days before the race I switch between water bottles and gatorade or Heed.

so this isn't the blog I've been thinking about posting, but, as my best friend "gouglas" in 2nd grade used to say... "I'm all thunk out" I've been a little less inclined to write here, due to having to write heavy stuff on other sites, notably a message board for the top astrologers in the country--folks, friends and foes I've... Read More

boy, I seem to be wrapped up in the past these days! My wife and I went to Colorado to deal with my 86 year old mom, who's just given up driving. She told us lots of stories about the dust bowl, the depression, and pre-war El Paso Texas. A story she likes to repeat is the one about my grandpa who, during the... Read More

Yes, more than likely I will still leave. The biggest issue is not being able to afford it. I can handle people's drama, high school was only 4 years ago - though it seems like I never left sometimes. I would like to stay, but it's between a site I occasionally enjoy or car insurance at the moment, basically. It's nice to know that there are still people that care enough to stick up for people though. Thank you again <3

Oooh, what fascinating tales =) Seems like you've come across a lot since your Fort Collins days! Fort Collins in my adopted hometown, I'm a California native actually. What's funny though is that I got accepted to Cornell and Ithaca so I -almost- made my way up there as well, but I decided to go to university here instead. Thanks so much for the well wishes =)

So, for a change, here's a blog from today.
my banner or whatever sentence has been "feels sorry for his cat Stench" for a while now. Today we put him down.
He started out life named Admiral Whitey. I live in the back country with my wife and friends on 60 acres amidst many larger farms, forest land, and gorges. Not your mother-in-law's... Read More